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What is your Entrepreneur DNA?
We partnered with the world's largest startup accelerator to help you discover your entrepreneurial strengths and weaknesses.
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Join over 200,000 founders who have taken the online assessment since 2009. No preparation is needed, it is impossible to 'fail', and you can get started and resume at any time.
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Instantly receive a detailed report with your unique Entrepreneur DNA Profile, plus action plans to maximize your greatest strengths.
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What you'll get
Immediately after completing the assessment, you will receive:
Your Entrepreneur DNA Report
Learn how you scored on 25 dimensions of entrepreneurship compared to 200,000+ others worldwide, along with deep insights on how to leverage your greatest entrepreneurial strengths (and minimize your weaknesses).
Your Entrepreneur DNA Profile
Successful founders fit into one of nine main 'Entrepreneur DNA Profiles', like 'The Hustler', 'The Innovator', 'The Architect', and more. Learn which profile you fit the best.
Your Personalized Action Plan
Based on your results, you will also get a personalized "Action Plan" with simple exercises designed to maximize your strongest traits to further your career.
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The Founder Institute appears to have developed an assessment that any population, any city, university, or country could use to determine who among them has the best shot at succeeding as an entrepreneur.
Assessment Methodology
The Founder Institute startup accelerator has worked with leading social scientists since 2009 to develop an assessment that identifies strong entrepreneurial personality traits.
To date, over 200,000 people have taken the assessment and the ensuring performance of 6500+ companies has been tracked thereafter.
Psychographic Testing
Rather than subjectively judging startup ideas, the admissions criteria for the FI accelerator is an online battery of tests that quantifies the greatest variable in startup success: the founder(s).
Startup Accelerator
Accepted founders join an intense accelerator where their performance is rated on weekly basis from their peers, program leaders, and experienced mentors.
Track Market Performance
After graduation, FI continues rating the founders on their company performance 'in the real world', with all data fed back into the weighting of the assessment.
Analyze and Calibrate
Through a flow of continuous data, regression analysis from PhDs, and frequent test updates, FI has built and can maintain a statistically validated test for identifying entrepreneurial personality traits.
What we evaluate
The Entrepreneur DNA Assessment, which was formed utilizing our own data and extensive peer-reviewed literature, analyzes 25 dimensions of entrepreneurship. Below are just a few.
Collaboration
Can you work effectively in the context of a team?
Perseverance
Are you resilient and intrinsically motivated to succeed?
Proactivity
Are you a self-starter that takes initiative in unclear environments?
Problem Solving
Can you learn quickly and apply that learning to solve complex problems?
What Makes a Good Entrepreneur?
We have found many traits that correlate positively with entrepreneurship. Here is a sampling of some major traits:
High Perseverance
Can you accept setbacks and take rejection and adversity in stride? Strong entrepreneurs show incredible 'grit' and can push through adversity to reach their goals.
High Fluid Intelligence
Can you quickly learn a rule set and apply it to solve a novel problem? With a constantly changing playing field, founders must recognize patterns and quickly adapt to survive.
High Openness
Are you constantly seeking new experiences and knowledge? Does your curiosity cause you to challenge accepted norms? The best entrepreneurs seek change - not the status quo.
Moderate Agreeableness
Can you balance cooperation with antagonism? Are you generally warm and considerate, but straightforward and harsh when necessary? The best equipped founders are flexible.
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